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The National Center for Mental Health: Dissemination, Implementation, and Sustainment

Description

The purpose of this program is to build the expertise of Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) service, capacity building, and technical assistance recipients and organizations that oversee or directly provide mental health services to use science-based methods to implement, disseminate, and sustain services. The MHDIS recipient will be expected to provide: (1) training and technical assistance (TTA) on the planning implementation, adaptation, and sustainment of a new/existing service and (2) localized, targeted, and intensive technical assistance (TA) to CMHS recipients and other mental health providers to improve the process of implementation, dissemination, and sustainment of services.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are States and Territories (Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau), including the District of Columbia, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in Section 5304 of title 25), health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or award with the Indian Health Service, or other public or private non-profit entities.

Award Information

Funding Mechanism: Cooperative Agreement

Anticipated Total Available Funding: $7,467,006

Anticipated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $7,467,006 per year

Length of Project: Up to 5 years

Cost Sharing/Match Required?: No

Proposed budgets cannot exceed $7,467,006 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.